Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC) in Cancer
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Cancer
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
- Enrollment
- 3000
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Overall survival (OS) in heterogeneous cancer population
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- last year
Overview
Brief Summary
This observational study with circulating tumor cells (CTC) count, isolation and analysis at several time points during disease progression is to investigate the role and biology of CTCs and clusters of CTCs in different cancer types. It also evaluates the role of CTCs as biomarkers, and aims at the identification of key signaling networks that are active in CTCs.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Adult cancer patients
- •All patients with histology-based proved diagnosis of cancer, all stages and subtypes can be included. Precancerous lesions cannot be included.
- •All patients with the diagnosis of a solid tumor including adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, neuroendocrine carcinoma, sarcoma
- •Written pathology report must be available.
- •Written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
- •No written informed consent.
- •No proved diagnosis of malignancy by pathology report.
- •Patients with the diagnosis of blood cancer
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Overall survival (OS) in heterogeneous cancer population
Time Frame: Screening (Visit 1) until the date of death (assessed up to 240 months)
overall survival (OS) in heterogeneous cancer population
Change in total number of isolated CTCs
Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 20 years
Change in total number of isolated CTCs
Secondary Outcomes
- Progression free survival (PFS)(Through study completion, an average of 20 years)